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Ancestries: American (10.8%), Irish (2.8%), German (1.2%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 1.57 square miles.

Population density: 1,127 people per square mile (low).

For population 25 years and over in Marfa:

High school or higher: 73.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher: 39.2%

Graduate or professional degree: 15.3%

Unemployed: 4.9%

Mean travel time to work (commute): 13.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Marfa city:

Never married: 23.2%

Now married: 56.7%

Separated: 3.6%

Widowed: 11.2%

Divorced: 5.4%

493 residents are foreign born (26.1% Latin America).

This city:

26.2%

Texas:

16.7%

According to our research of Texas and other state lists there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Marfa, Texas as of December 18, 2018.The ratio of number of residents in Marfa to the number of sex offenders is 942 to 1.The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.